Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 804: 485, Fight to the death

Above the towering mountains of the south, the Qing Shan Air Fortress was gliding slowly, blocking out the sun.

Hundreds of soldiers moved through the mountains.

Thousands of drones swarmed the ground, systematically searching every nook and cranny.

The buzzing drone swarm resembled a massive horde of giant killer bees in a state of complete frenzy.

Whenever a batch of drones neared their energy limits, they would fly back to the underside of the Qing Shan Ship, entering a recharge and sleep state, then another batch of hive doors would open, releasing the second wave of drones.

Li Changqing violated search protocols, continually expanding the search range, yet still found no trace of Qing Chen.

Finally, after 6 hours, a drone discovered two anomalies to the north.

The first anomaly: the drone found the corpse of a giant salamander outside the northern valley. A fierce battle had taken place here, but no human corpses were seen.

The second anomaly: in a valley five kilometers away, there were scattered beast corpses in disarray.

There were signs of human activity nearby, suggesting a group had camped here for several days and then left not long ago.

Li Changqing believed that the one who could control the giant salamander must be Jindai Yunhe, but she couldn’t fathom who may have fought him here.

Moreover, various indications on site suggested that Jindai Yunhe was not dead, as there were no traces of substantial human blood.

The other valley might have signs of Qing Chen’s escape, but it looked like he was intercepted by another group.

If this group was part of Jindai, then Qing Chen would likely have been taken to a secret military base in the north.

Li Changqing thoughtfully issued orders, requesting to use the Li Family satellite to gather images from all nearby satellites. The results showed that six hours before, an A-Class Floating ship had taken off from 20 kilometers north.

Lao Shijiu glanced at Li Changqing: “Boss, it’s too late for us to catch up now. Further north is Jindai’s military district; they would love for you to rush in.”

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to save Qing Chen, but he knew that Jindai would rather kill his boss standing beside him than Qing Chen.

Li Changqing stood quietly in the Qing Shan Cockpit, standing in front of the huge transparent shield, without saying a word.

Lao Shijiu got a little anxious: “Boss, there are still thousands of soldiers on the Qing Shan Ship, you can’t be impulsive. Give me an elite team, I’ll lead them to infiltrate the rear and rescue him from the military base where he is being held, which is definitely the one Qing Mu was at before. I’ll take the men to save him.”

In truth, Lao Shijiu knew very well that the military base was in the bitter cold of the north, and to reach there, he would have to traverse the entirety of Jindai’s territory. There was no way he could save Qing Chen alone.

But it didn’t matter, as long as Li Changqing didn’t risk herself, he would go.

Li Changqing suddenly shook her head: “Rally the troops and return, we need to find another way. You don’t need to go die, we can find someone else to save Qing Chen. Don’t worry, some people knowing Qing Chen has been taken north will be even more desperate than I am.”

According to Li Changqing, that person was currently in the north.

Lao Shijiu immediately breathed a sigh of relief; he didn’t want to die either…

Just then, the commander responsible for rallying the troops back to the fortress suddenly frowned: “Sir, a soldier who was responsible for searching on the ground has gone missing. I just locked his position, but when the drone swarm arrived, they found him and he immediately jumped off a cliff to commit suicide… I suspect he communicated our situation here before his death.”

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There were still six hours of flight distance to reach the A02 base.

Qing Chen sat in the corner, observing.

There were 21 Genetic Warriors on this A-Class Floating ship, each carrying firearms.

Their strength was also unknown.

Qing Chen’s injuries were recovering quickly; though far from his peak condition, he could even feel the strange itching sensation of his muscles regrowing.

This had never happened before.

It seemed his awakening had brought some new changes.

Based on his original assumptions, Qing Chen thought his potential would be exhausted, and his awakening abilities would only be D-Class or E-Class.

But he had seen the power of C-Class awakening abilities from Liu Dezhu, and his initial control over Thunder wasn’t much weaker than Liu Dezhu’s.

This meant that even after exhausting his potential through training, he still had enough potential left for a full awakening.

Qing Chen felt that once he returned to his peak state, his physical strength might be even stronger than before.

Ordinary people become stronger physically as they practice.

During awakening, the physical body also becomes stronger.

This coexistence of training and awakening might directly push his physical strength beyond the C-Class limit; after all, he had been on the brink of C-Class and B-Class before.

Was this considered a B-Class promotion? Technically, it shouldn’t be, but at his peak, he would possess at least B-Class physical strength, at least at the initial stage of B-Class.

If so, at his peak, he would likely have the ability to dodge bullets’ trajectories.

Unfortunately, time was too tight; his opponents wouldn’t give him this chance.

“Officer Takahashi, have some hot water first. We’ve been instructed to inject a locator into you and need to verify with other intelligence personnel to ensure consistency with your statements,” a diligent Genetic Warrior on the ship said, “It shouldn’t take long before they remove the micro-bombs from you.”